MEDIA - GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AND INFO SYSTEM

Issued by: SA Communication Service

13 October 1997

NEW GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM

The Deputy Minister in the Ofice of the Deputy President, Mr Essop Pahad, will brief the media on the setting up of the new Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), in Pretoria on 14 October, 1997.

The briefing will be held at 13:30 in the Deputy President's boardroom, Room 108 on the second floor of the West Wing of the Union Buildings.

Journalists are requested to carry their press cards and other appropriate identification and to arrive at the venue at least 20 minutes before the briefing.

Enquiries: Viv Naicker 012 - 314 2167 082 557 9221 Fax: 012 - 326 0317

Petra Wiese 012 - 314 2449 082 557 0292

ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNICATION SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER DR EG PAHAD.